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I love Baba Yetu because it's a swahili translation of the christian lord's prayer. So in a game called Civilization, about building a civilization, they made what is essentially a colonialism pop hit the main theme.

How has nobody mentioned the Jet Set Radio games yet? I've only played Future, but the original has fantastic music as well. There's no way I can choose a favourite, so I'm gonna have to post up the title music: Concept of Love.

And this one! Maybe nobody will notice I'm cheating if I make it small...

Also, when I was a kid, I would leave my N64 on with the Windmill theme from the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time playing. Annoyed my parents no end, I'm sure, but they seemed to tolerate the same tune over and over (and over...).

So many posts - and no Super Meat Boy. The soundtrack is excellent, and really draws influence from older games.
As I have to choose one I'd go for it ends. Not even close to the actual end of the game but it's where things start to get tricky to say the least.

Edit: I've also posted this before but it deserves a second mention. Monty on the run never sounded so good.

The OST for Dustforce is good. Lifeformed/Fastfall - Cider Time (also Swimming while it rains shhh...). Edit: Lol Sulphur already posted this. Well Then Swimming while it rains is my added contribution then.

This is stretching the definition of "game", but the tracks for the surreal whatever it is La La Land 5 are something like inspired. (Or just skip ahead to the song I like.)

"I'm no kin to the monkey no no no
The monkey's no kin to me yeah yeah yeah"

Last edited by demagogue; 22nd May 2012 at 01:37.
Reason: Make that kin.

So many posts - and no Super Meat Boy. The soundtrack is excellent, and really draws influence from older games.
As I have to choose one I'd go for it ends. Not even close to the actual end of the game but it's where things start to get tricky to say the least.

Heh, that's classic Danny Baranowsky. He's been a presence in the VG remix scene for years. One of the sillier things he's done is morph a couple of classic Castlevania themes into cheesy lounge music. It's a bit of a hoot.

dema's La La Land 5 link reminds of me of another surreal 'punk' video game: Space Funeral. And this little ditty that sounds like it was recorded with everyone concerned playing at the bottom of a bog filled with bong water.

Seriously? That track and not this one? When I was playing MW2 back in the day, playing that level with my mech thundering across a barren landscape just before hell was about to explode on the horizon, that track was the fucking epitome of cool.

Turrican theme for the Amiga 500. I know that Turrican 2 is has already been mentioned but I think this the better theme (and game!). I just love the build up and I heard this in shop before I had my A500.

I suppose all my retro game music is from the Amiga and Atari ST. With that in mind...

Obscure Polish Amiga stuff tiem:Kajko i Kokosz, bitches. I still have the original boxed game for the Amiga. Pity there's only music during the intro and outro, and that it's basically the only good thing about the game, but hey - nostalgia.Here are the downloads for the intro theme and the two endings (also excellent, like most things by XTD). Winamp needs a small plugin to play .mod and .xm files, dunno about other players.

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis - Darkness at the entrance to Atlantis (CD version). I couldn't find the original version by itself, there's plenty of Let's Play videos where you can hear it though. Definitely find this song a little unsettling when playing through the game as a young child and fumbling around in the dark trying to find a way into Atlantis.

Metal Gear Solid - Tank Hangar. I found this song really got me pumped the first time I was playing through MGS as a 13 year old; this track helps you feel that you are infiltrating a well guarded base and you need to stay alert.

Medievil - Menu Music - Demo Version. I played a demo of this PSX game a lot, and I was highly disappointed that this song isn't in the full version. Well, the melody was reused in the track "The Crystal Caves", but it doesn't feel quite as magical, for lack of a better term.

G Police - Flight Music Track 4. Quite memorable and very appropriate for the game setting. I miss the good old days of Psygnosis...

Wipeout 2097 (XL) - Loops of Fury. The entire soundtrack is phenomenal, and one could strongly argue that In Motion by Cold Storage or the instrumental version of Firestarter are the tracks people associate most with Wipeout 2097, but this track gets me in the mood for anti-grav racing.

Half-Life - Drums and Riffs. The song that plays after you launch the rocket in the chapter 'On A Rail'. This one has stuck in my head for a long, long time

Half-Life Opposing Force - Alien Forces. This is the track that plays before you fight the final boss. Does a pretty good job of psyching you up for the battle I reckon.

Earthbound - One of my favorite all time video game soundtracks. While it had plenty of upbeat/quicker tracks, I love the flashback melody. It makes you really appreciate the time you spent with all the characters.

Banjo Kazooie/Tooie - Another of my favorites, not just because of the quality of the music, but how many different versions of one tune were created to match a specific place in the world (e.g. the overworld theme changes to carnival instruments when you get close to the carnival world). Love all of the tracks but one of the signature ones is Glitter Gulch Mine

Doom II - My clearcut favorite is the theme to Suburbs/Map 16 . This level in particular is high on adrenaline, in large part due to massive amounts of spawning monsters in open spaces (like all the other levels...) Also gotta love the harpsichord but they only used it once

Going back in time still further, an 8-bit classic: Croco Magneto. I can't begin to describe how awesome this was at the time.
"This was actually released free in the public domain back in the day, and it pisses over loads of commercial CPC software. It also has one of the best soundtracks to grace a CPC"

OCR recently crowdfunded an album. This happens to be a remix project for the entire FFVI soundtrack. I haven't listened to the entire thing yet (74 songs!) but there's quite a few surprises in there. The most adorable one I've come across right now, though, is Shadow's theme:

Yup, the budget OCR got let 'em go ahead and make the track what it was meant to be anyway: an ode to Ennio Morricone.

Lots of unorthodox choices, but executed well. The sheer density of stuff is going to take a while to chew through, but it looks like that money ensured a consistently high baseline for quality with this project.